Rule evolution
Rule 209.2
Previously numbered 208.2.
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 1 wording revision · 1 renumbering
Earliest archived Rules release208.2Details
An activated ability with a loyalty symbol in its cost is a loyalty ability. Loyalty abilities follow special rules: A player may activate a loyalty ability of a permanent he or she controls any time he or she has priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of his or her turn, but only if none of that permanent's loyalty abilities have been activated that turn. See rule 606, "Loyalty Abilities."
Renumbered
208.2→ 209.2DetailsPreviously
2. Parts of a Card
208. LoyaltyThen
2. Parts of a Card
209. LoyaltyAn activated ability with a loyalty symbol in its cost is a loyalty ability. Loyalty abilities follow special rules: A player may activate a loyalty ability of a permanent he or she controls any time he or she has priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of his or her turn, but only if none of that permanent's loyalty abilities have been activated that turn. See rule 606, "Loyalty Abilities."
Wording changed209.2Details
An activated ability with a loyalty symbol in its cost is a loyalty ability. Loyalty abilities follow special rules: A player may activate a loyalty ability of a permanent
hetheyorcontrolshe controlsany timehetheyorhaveshe haspriority and the stack is empty during a main phase ofhistheiror herturn, but only if none of that permanent's loyalty abilities have been activated that turn. See rule 606, "Loyalty Abilities."